THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. IV. No. 174.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 82.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esquire, D.C.L., of the Commission of the Peace for this Colony, as tendered by him on the 10th instant, and that his name is accordingly removed from the List of Justices.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th September, 1858.
No. 83.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency The Governor has received a Despatch from the Consul General of Spain in China, announcing that JOSE DE AGUILAR, Esquire, has been nominated by Her M.C.M. Spanish Consul at Hongkong, in the room of LOURENÇO JOAO GUTIERREZ, Esquire. JOSE DE AGUILAR, Esquire, is hereby provisionally recognised as Spanish Consul at Hongkong, pending the receipt of the Exequatur from Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th September, 1858.
No. 84.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Honourable FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER FORTH, Esquire, Acting Colonial Secretary, has, in the absence of the Honourable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, been this day sworn in as a Member of the Executive Council of this Colony, pending reference to Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN.
The Honourable FREDERICK FORTH has taken his seat in Council accordingly.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th September, 1858.
No. 85.
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that at a Meeting of the Executive Council held this day, FREDERICK HEPBURN Rennie, Esquire, took the necessary Oath, and was declared a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th September, 1858.
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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